Most gamers have made a nasty fold at instances. But most haven’t made a nasty fold that price them greater than $500,000. A participant on the Hustler Casino Live “Million Dollar Game” did simply that on Thursday.
All the dropping participant on this case needed to do was merely desk his playing cards at showdown to win a pot of $543,000. Instead, he both misinterpret his hand or the board, and mucked the winner.
The hand in query got here with blinds at $500-$1,000 with a $2,000 large blind ante. “Texas Mike” Moncek, contemporary off an enormous bluff within the recreation earlier within the week, raised the motion to $4,000 with Q
9 and noticed a name from Tom Dwan with 5
5
. A thriller participant named Thomas, described as European businessman, additionally known as with 8 7.
A participant named Steve, a former lawyer, discovered Okay Okay within the small blind and three-bet to $22,000. Popular high-stakes dwell stream participant Alan Keating made the decision with A 3 and Moncek, Dwan, and Thomas all known as as nicely to swell the pot to $112,000.
The flop got here down 10 9 4 on the flop and Steve checked his overpair, adopted by Keating. Moncek then wager $56,000 and Dwan folded. Thomas known as along with his open-end straight draw and Steve additionally known as along with his pocket kings.
With the pot now at $280,000, the flip introduced the two
and this time Steve wager the minimal of $1,000. Both of his opponents known as and the river introduced the J.
This gave Thomas a straight and Steve shortly checked. Moncek additionally checked and Thomas wager $130,000. Steve took only a bit earlier than asserting a name, and Moncek folded. Amazingly, Thomas shortly mucked regardless of holding the successful hand and Steve raked within the pot of $543,000.
“I’m not sure if he misread his hand or thought he was bluffing,” commentator David Tuchman introduced. “Clearly, he thought he was bluffing because he pointed to his opponent right away. What just happened?”
Watch the hand in full beneath.
WTF JUST HAPPENED?!?
Thomas rivers a straight, bets river, will get known as, then mucks?!? In a $543,000 pot!!
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The pot represented about half of Steve’s eventual winnings, as he cashed out $982,500 forward. In the top, nevertheless, Keating turned out to be the evening’s large winner, cashing out for $2.8 million and a revenue of $1.5 million.
Despite successful greater than $500,000 on the primary evening of play, Thursday’s session proved to be a catastrophe for two-time bracelet winner Michael ‘Texas Mike’ Moncek, who misplaced an enormous $2.2 million coinflip towards Keating to complete his session down $2.75 million general.
Watch the hand in full beneath.
